Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mendip
- Town
- Chewton Mendip
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24436
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Current location
Sourth wall of Lady Chapel
St Mary Magdalene Church
Church Lane
Chewton Mendip
Mendip
Somerset
BA3 4LL
England
OS Grid Ref: ST5963853148
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Yellow ochre marble inscription tablet mounted onto a background of green mosaic tiles with a marble frame. Decorative border of blue, white and gold motifs around the inscription tablet. Inscription is incised.
- Inscription
- TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM FREDERICK VISCOUNT/ CHEWTON (ELDEST SON OF THE/ 8 EARL WALDEGRAVE) CAPTAIN/ SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS/ BORN AT HARPTREE COURT/ SOMERSET DIED AT SCUTARI/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE/ BATTLE OF THE ALMA 7 OCT./ 1854 AGED 38 BURIED AT/ SCUTARI AND OF FRANCIS VISCOUNTESS CHEWTON WIFE/ OF THE ABOVE DAUGHTER OF/ CAPTAIN JOHN BASTARD R.N. OF/ SHARPHAM DEVON SHE DIED AT/ BOOKHAM LODGE SURREY 1 APRIL/ 1902 AGED 79 BURIED IN THIS/ CHURCHYARD ALSO OF FRANCES/ MARY THEIR INFANT DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED 17 DEC 1853 AGED 6/ MONTHS BURIED AT HECKFIELD HANDS/ GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH/ A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE/ THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY/ WILLIAM FREDERICK 9 EARL WALDE/ GRAVE AND HIS BROTHER HENRY/ NOEL WALDEGRAVE IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR FATHER MOTHER AND SISTER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Frame
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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